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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Chant the verse. Say the Sanskrit slowly and carefully.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each Sanskrit word and its meaning.
  3. 3Find the meaning yourself. Before the translation, piece the meaning together from the words.
  4. 4Read the translation. Ask: what is the Lord teaching here, and how does it apply to my life?
  5. 5Read the purport slowly. Read it two or three times. Don't rush.
  6. 6Write down what touched you. Note the main points in your own notebook.
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Canto 9 · Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman
9.1.109.1.13

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 9.1.11-12

Visarga· Brahmā's creation
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 9.1.7inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

ततो मनु: श्राद्धदेव: संज्ञायामास भारत ।

श्रद्धायां जनयामास दश पुत्रान् स आत्मवान् ॥ ११ ॥

इक्ष्वाकुनृगशर्यातिदिष्टधृष्टकरूषकान् ।

नरिष्यन्तं पृषध्रं च नभगं च कविं विभु: ॥ १२ ॥

tato manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥ

saṁjñāyām āsa bhārata

śraddhāyāṁ janayām āsa

daśa putrān sa ātmavān

ikṣvāku-nṛga-śaryāti-

diṣṭa-dhṛṣṭa-karūṣakān

nariṣyantaṁ pṛṣadhraṁ ca

nabhagaṁ ca kaviṁ vibhuḥ

Translation

O King, best of the Bhārata dynasty, from Vivasvān, by the womb of Saṁjñā, Śrāddhadeva Manu was born. Śrāddhadeva Manu, having conquered his senses, begot ten sons in the womb of his wife, Śraddhā. The names of these sons were Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa, Karūṣaka, Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Manu’s Self-Control and His Ten Sons

  1. 1

    Śrāddhadeva Manu was born from Vivasvān through Saṁjñā.

  2. 2

    Having conquered his senses, Śrāddhadeva Manu begot ten sons through his wife, Śraddhā.

  3. 3

    Their sons were Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Śaryāti, Diṣṭa, Dhṛṣṭa, Karūṣaka, Nariṣyanta, Pṛṣadhra, Nabhaga and Kavi.

Connected verses· 1

Quoted in the purport ofSB 9.6.4

According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, although the Bhāgavatam (9.1.11-12) has previously included Ikṣvāku among the ten sons begotten by Manu in his wife Śraddhā, this was a generalization.

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Change → Acceptance. The instability of worldly identities is a recurring premise.

Chapters 1–3 of Canto 9: Dynastic origins and domestic transformations. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 1: King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From Kaśyapa, through Aditi, Vivasvān was generated, and from Vivasvān came Śrāddhadeva Manu, who was born from the womb of Saṁjñā. Śrāddhadeva’s wife, Śraddhā, gave birth to ten sons, such as Ikṣvāku and Nṛga.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 9.1
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. tataḥfrom Vivasvān
  2. manuḥ śrāddhadevaḥthe Manu named Śrāddhadeva
  3. saṁjñāyāmin the womb of Saṁjñā (the wife of Vivasvān)
  4. āsawas born
  5. bhārataO best of the Bhārata dynasty
  6. śraddhāyāmin the womb of Śraddhā (the wife of Śrāddhadeva)
  7. janayām āsabegot
  8. daśaten
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Visarga · Subcreation

    How do living beings and their worlds appear? · Subject 2 of 10

  • Rāja-dharma · Devotional leadership

    Serving and protecting through responsibility. · Theme in SB 9.1

    In this verse: “king”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Manu’s description as one who conquered his senses invite you to examine in your own life?

Practice

Choose one unnecessary sensory indulgence to set aside today as a small exercise in self-control.

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The story around it

The story this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

Keep going: stories told elsewhere in the Bhāgavatam that this verse or its purport brings in.

Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 9.1's connections

Live this todayManu’s Self-Control and His Ten SonsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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